The department that handles Netflix inquiries would have to create a case for you and escalate it with the necessary information they need to resolve the issue and come out with a firmware update fix. But this is only possible if enough cases are opened. If not, we'll be stuck at 720p for the life of the TV.

I just noticed that Netflix was only hitting 720p after reading it on here. Maybe this was their fix for the constant speed changes and flickering at every speed change that was happening?

I would said limiting streams to 720p on a 1080p TV is more of a downgrade, than a fix. It kind of defeats the purpose of having a 1080p set.

DLNA seems to be giving issues now as well with this new firmware. It can't detect my NAS drive instantly anymore like it used to--takes about five minutes or so to show up now.

Panasonic really needs to fix this firmware update. Please call so they can open a case and provide a true fix. The more calls/complaints they get the better. If they don't get any complaints we'll be stuck on 720p for the life of the TV.

hello im been trying to have a little help because my tv start to develop a big red tint circule in the middle and on the edges have a green blobs after some work i try to make some improvement into service menu and it goes ok but,,,, i didnt grote the original settings on the service menu could anyone help me find those settings..............

I'd love to chime in here. I can absolutely confirm I used to have constant 1080p before the upgrade (I always used to check). I have not had it once since the upgrade.

However, calling Panasonic proved useless. After trying to blame my internet connection (a crisp 50Mbps) and netflix itself, he said that it must be an issue with netflix and NOT the panasonic TV. Real earth-shattering analysis. He did not seem knowledgable, but instead just reading off a screen.

It angers me because they take no accountability for something as black and white as a feature that worked fine before their upgrade, and now no longer works. Let's face it, 1080p and netflix is something that is heavily advertised as a feature, and a reason we bought the TV. It's not like we're asking for some obscure fix. I feel like calling back to get a supervisor, but I feel that will be equally useless.

What makes them blaming my ISP/connecton speed even more laughable is that my ISP - RCN - has an arrangement with Netflix to get a direct connection for its customers, meaning even better speeds. This is an issue with the TV - plain and simple.

Whats up guys, this questions is more dedicated to the people who game with their st50s. Specifically the new consoles. Ps4 just added the deep color setting.

I can't remember the settings on ps3. Not really sure what it does. Do you guys keep it on auto or off? If you guys turn it on by switching to auto so proper setting be set corresponding in the ps4 and tv. Example. Rgb and y/pbr/cb are both set to auto for me, which I think defaults to limited. Have you guys fiddled around with this?

I have the PS4 and the ST50 and for a short time I turned deep color to on and it seemed to work without issue and I could've sworn there was some minor improvement, but it seemed to cause some handshake issues with the hdmi connection, and periodically i would see white specs on the screen. So I left it off.

I can't remember if auto had the same results or not but from my understanding the ST50 is not deep color capable. Or does it have to do with the version of HDMI cable you use? That could have also been my issue but I never really looked into it.

I leave mine off to avoid any issues, but am interested to know if anyone has been successful in using it

The PS4 and ST50, along with the Sony STR DN840 are the best setup I've had for home theater in 15 years. Granted there are always ways to improve and upgrade but I've been very impressed with PA and AQ and periodically will do minor adjustments to certain settings to see if I notice any improvements. I can remember when my ideal setup was a 40" Sony Trinitron with an Aiwa stereo hooked up to it and a DVD player. Now even cheap soundbars and LCDs and LEDs can give you a pretty good setup for almost any setting

I'd love to chime in here. I can absolutely confirm I used to have constant 1080p before the upgrade (I always used to check). I have not had it once since the upgrade.

However, calling Panasonic proved useless. After trying to blame my internet connection (a crisp 50Mbps) and netflix itself, he said that it must be an issue with netflix and NOT the panasonic TV. Real earth-shattering analysis. He did not seem knowledgable, but instead just reading off a screen.

It angers me because they take no accountability for something as black and white as a feature that worked fine before their upgrade, and now no longer works. Let's face it, 1080p and netflix is something that is heavily advertised as a feature, and a reason we bought the TV. It's not like we're asking for some obscure fix. I feel like calling back to get a supervisor, but I feel that will be equally useless.

What makes them blaming my ISP/connecton speed even more laughable is that my ISP - RCN - has an arrangement with Netflix to get a direct connection for its customers, meaning even better speeds. This is an issue with the TV - plain and simple.

Ask them to open a ticket so that their Netflix team looks into the issue. Also, you have to let them know you were getting 1080p forever, then after "upgrading" the firmware, it no longer goes above 720p. They told me the same, until I explained it to them like that. So I guess it's safe to say everyone is having this issue, correct?

I have the PS4 and the ST50 and for a short time I turned deep color to on and it seemed to work without issue and I could've sworn there was some minor improvement, but it seemed to cause some handshake issues with the hdmi connection, and periodically i would see white specs on the screen. So I left it off.

I can't remember if auto had the same results or not but from my understanding the ST50 is not deep color capable. Or does it have to do with the version of HDMI cable you use? That could have also been my issue but I never really looked into it.

I leave mine off to avoid any issues, but am interested to know if anyone has been successful in using it

The PS4 and ST50, along with the Sony STR DN840 are the best setup I've had for home theater in 15 years. Granted there are always ways to improve and upgrade but I've been very impressed with PA and AQ and periodically will do minor adjustments to certain settings to see if I notice any improvements. I can remember when my ideal setup was a 40" Sony Trinitron with an Aiwa stereo hooked up to it and a DVD player. Now even cheap soundbars and LCDs and LEDs can give you a pretty good setup for almost any setting

Yeah I feel the same I set it to on and it didn't seem to look right to me. For now I just keep deep colour off. I have rgb set to auto which is limited, I have ycb to auto and just keep the tv to auto as well. Unless someone has a better recommendation I think I'll just keep it at that.

hello i need some help if you or anyone could pass me the service menu settings of your st50 i would be pleased im having a problem with a red blob on the center and i try to fix it on the service menu but i really didnt remember to save the original settings i know that you are gonna say that every ...tv is unique but they are not that far on settings please i need your help

When I plug my N64 into the TV via AV1 (composite), the image is terrible. Not just the standard low resolution and dot crawl, etc. but like really bad. The colours are really washed out and the whites are ridiculously bright. Blacks are probably crushed too. I've attached an example of what I mean: the photo is what I see on the TV and the second image is what the screen should look like. Notice that the grey "MULTIPLAYER" text and the red "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" text are both invisible, as is the seal in the top-right corner. The entire screen is basically bright white instead of yellowish. It looks as if maybe the input range setting is wrong (0-255 instead of 16-235 for example) but on the EU models there's no way of changing this; it's automatic.

I even looked in the service menu but can't make sense of most of it, let alone find anything related. It goes without saying that playing with the contrast/brightness/colour levels doesn't help. Also, I see this with both AV1 (composite over SCART) and AV2 (direct composite) Any ideas?

Can anyone help please!!!! I have a Panasonic P60ST50 and a PS4. When I first bought the PS4 (Nov 2013) and connected it to my TV it worked perfectly. Since then my TV's software updated twice (current version 1.27) it no longer displays my PS4. I can hook the PS4 to any other TV and it works fine, I can also hook any other devise to this TV and it works fine. Just not my PS4. Can someone please help me, i'm loosing my mind!!!!

Sorry for replying to an older post, but I'm in about the same boat. I have't noticed any picture issues, which isn't to say they're not there (I probably just don't pay that much attention). But I am kind of curious if people have been getting their ST50s recalibrated and if so, what the new settings are.

Any ideas on what's going on here?http://youtu.be/qb4K6z0qBD0
It's much louder than the video presents. Happened a few times a couple of weeks ago, and not since. Louder on brighter scenes. Goes away on its own or after an extended shut down

Background: Panasonic sent people out a little over a year ago to fix a similar issue. They ultimately ended up tightening some screws.

With the new fix 1.27, the delay between changing the channels at DVB-C is increased. Black screen lasts a second or two more. The sound comes first... the picture after 1-2 seconds... very annoying...! Can anyone inform Panasonic about this, because here in Bulgaria we don't have Panasonic call center

Any ideas on what's going on here?http://youtu.be/qb4K6z0qBD0
It's much louder than the video presents. Happened a few times a couple of weeks ago, and not since. Louder on brighter scenes. Goes away on its own or after an extended shut down

Background: Panasonic sent people out a little over a year ago to fix a similar issue. They ultimately ended up tightening some screws.

Can't hear anything in your video but if you're talking about buzzing, I assumed plasmas always did that. My P50ST50B has always buzzed but it is louder when the screen is brighter. Using the scroll bar the buzzing goes up and down in volume as the black and white portions move across the screen.

Hey guys I have had this TV for about 2 years now and it has been fantastic. That being said recently on the HDMI inputs the sound is having issues. It doesn't totally drop out but it will like start sounding hollow like half of its cut out almost like you are listening though a tin can. And it goes and comes within seconds so 2 sec it will sound fine then for 4 secs it will sound terrible and back fine again. It does this on TV as well as game consoles chromecast etc.

I updated to the latest firmware but same problems. It is just becoming more and more distorted. I am wondering if its just a blown speaker or something deeper.
Thanks

is there no more love for this model? I just picked one up and the pic is still great. I know it's not the latest and greatest, but I am more than happy with the video quality. I haven't really changed the settings that the previous owner had; are there any settings other than D-nice's (which won't be optimal since this set has been used for a couple of years).

I've read though a bunch of posts in this thread, but really didn't see any (hard to go through all 334 pages!). TIA

Tried the overscan option. It doesn't exist for me. I only have the option of size 1 or 2. I have it at two, the correct one. Could this be the infamous posterization issue? Maybe the panny upscaled or whatever is whack. Anyone else that has a Roku and the TV can you see if you see a diff between setting the Roku on 1080p or 720p? Directly to the TV. I might have to invest in a AV receiver If the problem persists.

Hey everybody, I have a 60 inch st50..had it since it first came out and sad to say I believe its now suffering from a bad power supply board. The tv will stay on with my current settings for on average 1-3 minutes, then it shuts off without warning. Red light is off. If I waaaay lower the brightness and contrast, it stays on and I had it on for 45 minutes. Went back to usual settings and within a minute, gone. Does this sound like a bad power unit to you guys? Is there anything I should check before I take on costly repairs? fwiw the tv is mounted and has its own outlet. Thanks for any feedback i get!

Has anyone tried syncing Samsung 3D glasses to this set recently? My panny ones work fine but not the Samsungs (and it used to work perfectly...and a bit better looking IMO). Here's hoping they didn't silently disable it in a firmware update or something. Stuff isn't cheap.

Has anyone tried syncing Samsung 3D glasses to this set recently? My panny ones work fine but not the Samsungs (and it used to work perfectly...and a bit better looking IMO). Here's hoping they didn't silently disable it in a firmware update or something. Stuff isn't cheap.

I tested it out after reading your post and the Sammy glasses from my F8500 would not sync up with my s60.

I tested it out after reading your post and the Sammy glasses from my F8500 would not sync up with my s60.

thesharkman

Okay, looking into it further -- I got them to finally work. The television has to be in the process of showing 3D content and in 3D mode. IIRC I was able to sync them at anytime hence the confusion. Regardless, not a big deal then.